Region
Southwestern Bulgaria is a planning region of the country around the capital Sofia and the mountains of Rila and Pirin.
Its lakes include the Iskar Reservoir, the largest in the country, Pancharevo Lake near Sofia, and the glacial lakes of Rila and Pirin.
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Photo: Dido3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Bliznaka, the Twin, is the fourth of the Seven Rila Lakes and the largest of them by area. It lies north of the peak Damga, at the western foot of Haramiyata, and is the third deepest of the seven after…
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Preslav~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainBulgaria · Southwestern Bulgaria
Reservoir · artificial
Photo: Glagoli · Public domainBulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
30 lakes
Photo: Dido3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Preslav~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainBulgaria · Southwestern Bulgaria
Reservoir · artificial
Photo: Glagoli · Public domainBulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Photo: Красимир Косев · CC BY 3.0Bulgaria · Pirin · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Photo: Aleksdonev · CC BY-SA 4.0Bulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Reservoir · artificial
Photo: No machine-readable author provided. Preslav~commonswiki assumed (based on copyright claims). · Public domainBulgaria · Southwestern Bulgaria
Reservoir · artificial
Photo: Dido3 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Photo: Deyan Vasilev ( Dido3 ) · CC BY-SA 3.0
Photo: Лорд Бъмбъри · Public domainBulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Photo: Dido3 · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria · Rila · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Photo: Pudelek (Marcin Szala) · CC BY-SA 3.0Bulgaria · Pirin · Southwestern Bulgaria
Glacial · natural
Glacial lakes, high tarns and big mountain scenery: seven Balkan mountain lakes with hiking routes, difficulty, elevation, walking times, access points and the best season to go.
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